Important Announcement

Due to off and on blockade of Blogspot most of the readers in Pakistan are experiencing difficulty in opening blogs on Blogspot domain and some even can’t open.

To facilitate readers, this blog has been shifted to a new domain. To read either click on the following link or write it in browser and open.
http://iabhopal.wordpress.com/

Also, my Urdu blog "What Am I" has been shifted to

http://iftikharajmal.wordpress.com/

The new blogs have much more interesting reading for you.

Now an American Teacher

Over a month back, a Canadian lady came over to Pakistan and traveled straight to Waziristan where she got married to a local man. She had said that she liked the family system of Pakistan and that people in Pakistan were caring and peace-loving.

Last week Duanna Marie Pettit, an American school teacher, wed Amir, a Pakistani computer graphic designer, in Mughalpura (suburb of Lahore) in a traditional function. She says “It is really impressive to note that the family system is very much intact here in Pakistan. People within family are close to one another. They do care for one another. It is something which we lack in the States.”

Amir said, “I had never thought of marrying Pettit when I began chatting with her on the net four years back. When chatting turned into a love affair after exchange of photos and gifts, we decided to tie the knot.”

Their marriage was held in a traditional local style which had everything from Mehndi to Walima, with over 100 relatives and friends of the groom attending all functions.

Of the Pakistani marriage function, Pettit said it was really a great fun. “I wore the traditional bridal dress. I really liked it,” she said, adding with a smile that the dress was a bit heavy to carry with. “I will really miss the colours, the drum beats and cheers, smiles and everything I got in the function.”

Pettit said she had studied Islam a lot after meeting Amir. “Islam has wonderful teachings, especially with regard to raising children and dealing with other family members.”

She said, “ I was a bit apprehensive and nervous before traveling to Pakistan because I had no idea as to what would be happening around but, once I landed here, my apprehensions faded quickly. Pakistanis are really very loving and very caring.”

Pettit maintained that she had just got another home, Pakistan. “I will rather say it is my first home now because I am married here.”

Don't just say it is " IMPOSSIBLE"

Ice Cream that puzzled General motors!!!!
A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors:

”This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy. Our family has Ice-Cream for dessert after dinner each night. Every night, after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem.....Every time I buy vanilla ice-cream, when I start back from the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds. What is there about a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?”

The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an Engineer to check it out. The engineer was surprised to be greeted by a well educated man in a fine neighborhood.

He had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start.

The Engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, they got chocolate. The car started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car started. The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start.

Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem. And toward this end he began to take notes: He jotted down all sorts of data: time of day, type of gas used, time to drive back and forth, etc.

Ultimately, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where it took considerably longer to check out the flavor.

Now, the question for the Engineer was why the car wouldn't start when it took less time.
Eureka - Time was now the problem - not the vanilla ice cream!!!! The engineer quickly came up with the answer: "vapor lock".It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate.

Even crazy looking problems are sometimes real and all problems seem to be simple only when we find the solution, with cool thinking.

Don't just say it is " IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a sincere effort....
Observe the word "IMPOSSIBLE" carefully... .
Looking closer you will see it is, "POSSIBLE"...
What really matters is your attitude and your perception.

Necessity is Mother of Invention

Isn't necessity the mother of invention?
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Funny, isn’t it ?

Every body is more worried about what others think of him / her
than what he / she should actually be.

All want to be great provided
they don’t have to do good to others.

We believe what the newspapers say,
but question the truth that God says.
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May Allah guide us to the right path. Aameen.
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Happy Birthday to Zakaria

May Allah
Bless Zakaria
with
Success,
Prosperity
and
Everlasting Happiness,
Aameen

Best kind of friend

The best kind of a friend is

the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with,

never say a word, and then

walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you have ever had.
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Hypocrisy in Singapore

Muslim Girls are banned from wearing headscarves in Singapore Schools because their right to wear a scarf is not protected by the law.

Right of Sikh boys to wear a turban is protected by British law which is still in force.

Why are Muslim Girls banned from wearing headscarves in Singapore Schools and Sikhs allowed to wear Turbans?

Why is it that when she covers her hair it is seen as oppression and when he covers his it is seen as religion?


An example of democracy, manners and love for human rights of some of the educated and developed people of the Western World.





WHAT ELSE IS KNOWN AS HYPOCRISY ?

Courtesy: Hijab Hypocrisy